Chapter 184 Sea Fog Guai

The mist seemed to possess its own consciousness, rolling and surging.

Before long, the mist around Fang Yue actually withdrew, forming a vacuum.

The mist, having left Fang Yue, rotated slowly around him, forming a hollow vortex.

What's going on?

Fang Yue's expression darkened, and he narrowed his eyes, carefully watching his surroundings.

The black wheel behind him spun rapidly, black silk threads being passively drawn out like claws, gently undulating.

As soon as the mist made any move, Fang Yue would react instantly.

Whoosh!

Before long, Fang Yue plunged headfirst into the violently changing mist.

All around, in front, behind, left, and right, was mist. Within the rolling mist, the naked eye couldn't see anything ahead.

But Fang Yue's speed didn't decrease at all. Instead, it increased.

Because he had already memorized the structure of the Hanjiang giant ship and knew that this direction was where Duo Lao (Helmsman) was located.

Feeling the violently changing mist around him, after a few dashes, Fang Yue indeed saw Duo Lao's silhouette in the mist ahead.

"Duo Lao!"

Taking three steps as two, he rushed to Duo Lao's side. Fang Yue found that Duo Lao was conscious and looked very calm.

"Why did you come out? Didn't I tell you all to stay on the deck?"

"Duo Lao, what exactly is this mist..."

"No, this isn't mist, but a Disaster-level Guai (strange creature), the Sea Fog Guai! It can produce a small amount of special fog within a certain range, which is somewhat harmful to human martial artists. A single one isn't that effective, but the special fog produced by this Guai has a special characteristic that many clan-type Guai don't have, and that is stacking!

This harmful fog, through a large number of Sea Fog Guai, will have its power amplified to a terrifying degree.

In addition, the Sea Guai Guai always appear in groups. Therefore, they are considered a very troublesome Guai group on the Hanjiang River."

"It seems Duo Lao has a lot of experience dealing with this kind of Guai?"

"That's natural. They rarely appear on land, but often appear on the sea or rivers. I've encountered them countless times."

Fang Yue couldn't help but become curious.

"Then how has Duo Lao dealt with them in the past?"

But to Fang Yue's surprise, Duo Lao directly replied as a matter of course, "Why should I deal with them? I'm just a ship. My task is to sail the ship to the other shore. What does it have to do with me whether the people on board live or die?

Of course, you people on this ship are an exception. That's why I told you the way to deal with it."

"What's the way to deal with it?"

"Didn't the others tell you? The entrances and exits of my ship's cabins are set up with formations, with corresponding countermeasures for many situations. Under normal circumstances, people on board can just hide in the cabins and nothing will happen.

As for strong people as confident as you, I don't care if you get injured by the Sea Fog Guai group."

Duo Lao glanced at Fang Yue as he said this.

The latter frowned slightly.

"Duo Lao, you just said that the Sea Fog Guai emit this mist around themselves, right? Does that mean those Sea Fog Guai are around us now? But why can't I find their main bodies, whether I was rushing into the mist before, or standing here now?"

"Isn't this normal?"

Duo Lao looked at Fang Yue strangely. "Do you know where you are now?"

"Where?"

"A place surrounded by Sea Fog Guai on all sides. As you move, the Sea Fog Guai will also move, keeping you in the thick fog and losing your direction. The reason why you can't sense their position, or even their existence, is simply because... the Guai aura is too strong! So strong that the Sea Fog Guai's aura is everywhere.

In a place full of the target's aura, it's inherently difficult to sense the target through its aura."

Duo Lao explained it in a complicated way, but Fang Yue immediately understood.

To put it simply, it's like a dog looking for its hidden owner in a room full of the owner's scent.

When the sense of smell is useless, it's naturally difficult to find the person.

The situation now is the same.

The Sea Fog Guai's Guai aura has permeated the entire ship, so Fang Yue can't find their location at all.

"Then how can I solve the Sea Fog Guai? They're already affecting our sailing speed."

Since the Sea Fog Guai appeared, the mist directly affected the speed of the Hanjiang giant ship.

Originally, because of the demonic corpse's mark, the Hanjiang giant ship had been unimpeded.

It wasn't until the appearance of the mist that the speed of the Hanjiang giant ship decreased.

If this thing isn't resolved, the time spent on the Hanjiang River will be prolonged.

The longer you stay on the crisis-ridden Hanjiang River, the greater the danger.

"Impossible, not everyone can deal with the Sea Fog Guai..."

Duo Lao only said half a sentence before suddenly stopping, as if he had remembered something. He slowly raised his head, looked at Fang Yue with bright eyes, and continued.

"...No, if it's you, you might really be able to do it."

"How so?"

"It's simple, because the Sea Fog Guai are located on the Hanjiang River! Right around our ship, about a few hundred meters away, the main bodies of those Sea Fog Guai are floating in the river, not too far away, but not too close either, and densely gathered together."

A few hundred meters in the river?

With just one sentence, Fang Yue immediately understood what Duo Lao meant.

Not just anyone can enter the Hanjiang River, let alone kill the Sea Fog Guai.

But he was different.

Because of the sheepskin scroll, he could resist the erosion of the Hanjiang River for a short time, and could move freely in the Hanjiang River like the Guai in the Hanjiang River for a period of time.

As long as he made good use of this time, and with an absolute difference in strength, he could solve the trouble of the Sea Fog Guai!

"The only problem now is that even if you know the location of the Sea Fog Guai, you will lose your way because of the moving thick fog. Once you leave my ship, it will be difficult for you to return."

This is the most terrifying aspect of the dense fog.

As for this...

Fang Yue grinned, revealing his teeth. At the same time, Duo Lao slowly widened his eyes, as if he had seen something incredible.

Behind Fang Yue, hundreds of black silk threads shot out like the tentacles of an octopus, and quickly intertwined and converged behind Fang Yue, eventually forming a... giant fan fifty meters high!

"Duo Lao, what do you think of my giant fog-dispelling device?"